Concatenate Text Input and combo box

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Hello,

Struggling to get this to work.

I have a text input and a combo box - I would like to Concatenate the value the user types in the TextInput and what they select in the combo box, but I would like to have some logic, if the user has already entered "User1 (football)" in the text input then there is nothing to Concatenate.

If the user typed in "User1" in the text input then the Concatenate function should combine the value found in TextInput ("User1") and combo box selection of "Cricket" and combine the values together

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cha_cha 4,932 Moderator on at

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Hello @PowerAGuy

Roughly something like below. Replace the "#" with space or maybe a comma.

If(TextInput.Text = 'User1', Concatnate(TextInput.Text,Concat(ComboBox1.SelectedItems,Value,"#")), TextInput.Text )

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LaurensM 12,516 Moderator on at

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@PowerAGuy
Is football just an example and should this also be valid for other cases?
If you want to check whether the dropdown value is already in the text input try the code below:

If( Dropdown1.Selected.Value in TextInput1.Text, TextInput1.Text, Concatenate(TextInput1.Text, " ", Dropdown1.Selected.Value) )

I hope this helps!

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PowerAGuy 270 on at

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But the user wont be typing User1, it was an example.... it could be anything in the text input

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PowerAGuy 270 on at

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Thanks @LaurensM
Yes, the Football value is just an example.

Can I place the code you have mentioned in the text input default property, or does it need to go on a buttons OnSelect?

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LaurensM 12,516 Moderator on at

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Hi @PowerAGuy,

This would go on the OnSelect of the button you use to save or patch the data.
For example:

Patch(DataSource, Defaults(DataSource), {FieldName: If( Dropdown1.Selected.Value in TextInput1.Text, TextInput1.Text, Concatenate(TextInput1.Text, " ", Dropdown1.Selected.Value) )})

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Thanks!

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